Michigan jury awards millions to woman fired after refusing to get vaccine

[MichMan]

Detroit – A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

Much of the award – $10 million – is for punitive damages against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to the verdict form.

Lisa Domski, who worked at Blue Cross for more than 30 years, said she was a victim of religious discrimination. The company in 2021 did not grant an exemption from its vaccine policy, despite her insistence that it clashed with her Catholic beliefs.

Domski's attorney, Jon Marko, said she worked 100% remotely as an IT specialist during the pandemic; 75% before COVID-19 hit in 2020.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/11/08/michigan-jury-awards-millions-to-woman-fired-after-refusing-to-get-covid-19-vaccine/76138093007/

[Turbineguy]

1. Nice!

Most people who refused vaccination just got death.

[jimfields33]

7. I'm Catholic and there is nothing at all in our religion that says no vaccines.

I hope it’s appealed. Not for any reason but she out and out lied.

[XanaDUer2]

8. I'm catholic too and she's full of it nt

[LisaM]

12. Agreed. Another Catholic here weighing in on this.

There are some religions that are against the vaccine and, even in Washington State, where I live, and where we had a stiff vaccine policy, exemptions were carved out. But being Catholic was not one of the exemptions.

[yourout]

2. Then if she gives it to someone and they die she should be liable.

[Irish_Dem]

3. She didn't care if she killed someone else with her selfishness.

And now she has been rewarded.

[MichMan]

4. She worked from home

Who at BCBS was she putting at risk ?

[Freethinker65]

5. The Catholic religion was against COVID vaccines?

I don't think so. She most likely is a fearful, non-critical thinking, FoxNews watching, Trump believing, willing to spread disease to others, selfish American? That should not qualify for that high of a monetary award.

I understand that by living remotely, if she could do her job in isolation so as not to infect others, accommodations in policy would have been a better option for BCBS to take after her refusal...but they are a HEALTH COMPANY!!! Once they allowed it, she could have run to social media/FoxNews and said "See. Vaccines are not necessary because a major Health Company is allowing me to not get the vaccine!" with guest appearances on Hannity/Ingraham, etc. and more people needlessly getting ill and spreading the infection because they stupidly refused the vaccine.

[mobeau69]

6. That's bs about Catholic/vaccines

[JoseBalow]

9. Can I sue for millions if I catch COVID from her?

[MichMan]

11. I suppose you could

It might be difficult to win given that she was working from home, and the article didn't mention that she ever tested positive for it.

[Picaro]

10. Grew up Catholic

There is no provision in the dogma that is prohibits vaccines. Unless, of course, there’s anything involved with embryonic anything.